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30 Days (or fewer) of Music Meme (Reply)

Stolen from coffeechica and dawna. There's no way I'll be able to keep this up for 30 whole days, especially because I don't listen to enough popular music or "songs" to fill out the list. Instead, I'll just pick & choose or skip where necessary.

Day 1: Your Favorite Song

There is no way I could pick out one song or piece of music as my absolute favoritest ever, but if I had to, it would almost certainly be something by Richard Strauss. I think he's viewed as something of an egotist in the classical music world, especially for writing at least two musical tributes to himself (Symfonia Domestica and Ein Heldenleben, "A Hero's Life"). Still, the man could write some beautifully lush music. This clip is taken from his orchestral suite to Der Rosenkavalier and is the instrumental version of the final trio from the end of the opera. The first time I ever heard this suite, I was transfixed through this entire section.

And if you're going to insist that to be part of this meme, there has to be vocals, here you go:

Day 1: Your favorite song.Day 2: A song that makes you cry.Day 3: A song that makes you dance.Day 4: Your favorite male singer.Day 5: Your favorite female singer.Day 6: Your favorite band.Day 7: One band/singer you're ashamed to admit you like.Day 8: One band/singer whose popularity you will never understand.Day 9: A song that reminds you of an ex.Day 10: A song that reminds you of your father.Day 11: A song that reminds you of your mother.Day 12: A song that makes you want to have sex.Day 13: A song you sing in the shower.Day 14: A song from the year you were born.Day 15: A song you liked in high school.Day 16: The first song in your mp3 folder.Day 17: The last song in your mp3 folder.Day 18: An instrumental song you like.Day 19: Your favorite love song.Day 20: Your favorite breakup song.Day 21: A song that makes you want to break stuff.Day 22: Your favorite song from a movie.Day 23: Your favorite duet.Day 24: Your favorite cover song.Day 25: Your favorite song from 2010 (so far)Day 26: Your favorite movie video.Day 27: One song in your mp3 folder you're pretty sure no one else has.Day 28: One song that needs to never be played again.Day 29: One song that gives you the creeps.Day 30: A song you'd like played at your funeral.